Beware Warrior Cop Analysis

John Stossel, in his article, “Beware warrior cop," argues that police use their power to control others. Stossel discusses how the government is allowing the police department to use swat teams to invade people’s homes. The swat teams are using military weapons such as tanks, battering rams, armor, and stun grenades. The level of crime decreased, yet the number of swat team has increased. However, the department of defense should not be selling military machinery equipment to the police department. The weapons can be uses in war, but not in the city. Therefore, the government should not offer any military weapons to any law enforcement agency. All wars on drugs and terrorism attacks; we are becoming less of free people by destroying homes, victimize innocent people and causing violence. The heavy military weapons used by the police department to raid homes are destroying homes. A police officer does not enter a suspect's home without a legal warrant. Their decision to use swat teams to raid homes was to make sure the suspect did not destroy any evidence. Therefore, the weapons had to be …show more content…
Each year there is a case where the police have killed an innocent victim. After, investigating the victim, there is no evidence claiming that he or she was involved in unlawful behavior. The ideal that police believe they can invade citizen homes with military equipment, because they may be involved in suspicious and criminal activities without a warrant. An unethical behavior by a police officer to search people’s homes without a police warrant issued by a judge. When the police are raiding homes the suspect is the main target; therefore, results in critical conditions or death. However, I do not agree with the officer’s method of raiding suspect homes, but the police do have the right to protect themselves as well as others. The police swat teams should approach the suspect or victim in a better